Dismounting implement for price tags



P. HOPP DISMOUNTING IMPLEMENT FOR PRICE TAGS Filed Nov. 1, 1949 Dec. 23,1952 INVENTOR. Philip Hopp ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 23, 1952 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE DISMOUNTING IMPLEMENT FOR PRICE TAG 1 Claim. 1

I have invented an improvement relating to means for handling pricetags, cards and the like, and especially to a novel implement by whichsuch articles can be readily withdrawn from the supports in which theyare exhibited, when they need to be dismounted or replaced.

When cards and tags are employed to indicate various articles andcommodities on sale, the tags and the like are usually attached tostrips having flanges along the edges to retain the cards. The flangesengage the cards or tags along the upper and lower edges and to removeand replace them requires care to prevent wear and breaking. By myimprovement all risk-of damage to the tags or cards in mounting ordismounting is obviated.

The objects and advantages of the invention are clearly describedherein, and the characteristics are defined in the claim. The drawingsillustrate a preferred form, but the disclosure is by way of exampleonly, and changes in details may of course be adopted without departingfrom the essential structure in which the invention is embodied.

On the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a device according to this invention.

Figure 2 is a side or edge view thereof; and

Figures 3, 4 and show how the card or tag device is employed indismounting a price tag.

The appliance or accessory comprises a handle i to one end of which issecured a pair of rubber suction cups 2. The handle is an elongatedmember, such as a rod of suitable material, bent double and twisted,with the ends substantially flush and even with each other, but slightlyseparated, with the cups attached to said ends.

The support or holder for a tag or ticket has the form of a strip ofmetal or plastic 3 with retaining flanges or ribs 4 along its oppositelongitudinal edges, and projecting from its front face. The ticket, cardor price tag 5 is put in against the front face of the strip and isengaged or gripped by the flanges 4 along the upper and lower edges ofthe display element 5. The holder is often concave, and the element 5 ispushed in so that it makes full contact with the support 3.

The element 5 can be inserted by bending it between its longitudinaledges, but it fits snugly in the strip 3 between the ribs 4. Hence there- 2 moval of the element without fraying the edges or otherwiseimpairing it is a bit difficult because such tags are thin and sometimesbrittle. Therefore the implement comprising the small hollow collapsiblemembers such as the vacuum cups 2 is necessary. The cups are of courseleakproof, and the rims B are pressed against the element 5, and whenthe cups engage the element all around the rims, a pull on the handlewill bend the element 5 forward between its edges under the ribs t, andthen it can be easily detached. These operations of insertion andremoval are illustrated on Figures 3, 4 and 5. All liability of the tagor card being damaged is thus eliminated; and the removal is quickly andsafely performed.

The cups 2 have hollow bosses 1 receiving the separated ends 8 of thehandle I and can be cemented or otherwise made fast to the handle. Thetwisted handle has a loop 9 at its opposite end to afford a betterhand-hold to the user.

The implement prevents injury and wear, and enables the tags to be veryconveniently manipulated for extracting price tags from the holder 3.

At the upper rear edge the holder 3 has a projecting rib or shoulder IDto suspend it in the usual way from the edge of a shelf I I.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new is:

An implement for removing tags from a support engaging the tags alongtheir edges, said implement comprising an elongated body bent double andhaving its ends in adjacent positions, and a suction element aflixed toeach of said ends, the rims of said elements lying in a common plane,the halves of said body being twisted together, and having a loop at theends remote from said elements.

PHILIP HOPP.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,131,687 Kaplan Sept. 27, 19382,345,205 MacChesney Mar. 28, 1944

